Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Additionally , as needs changed , new words were coined for new situations and were ‘ Latinised ’ to fit more easily into the documents being called for . |
| 2 | When we introduced lexical stress we found that all content words but only a small proportion of function words were marked for lexical stress , and that the number of word paths was reduced primarily because these function words no longer matched parts of content words . |
| 3 | Written guidelines were wanted for all tasks so that there are no recriminations when things go wrong . |
| 4 | Both carriageways were closed for eight hours causing huge tailbacks . |
| 5 | Four Minor Project schools were selected for closer investigation by the evaluation team and visited over a period of one or two days . |
| 6 | Cobras were punished for foul play when Deeside scored two of their eight first period goals through power-plays . |
| 7 | With the exception of the ten generals , who were elected annually by the assembly , most other public offices were filled for limited periods ( usually a year ) by citizens chosen by lot . |
| 8 | Similar offices were established for other bodies , such as the National Health Service . |
| 9 | The following solutions were used for endoscopic injection : for the epinephrine group , we injected 0.5–1.0 ml of 1:10000 epinephrine at 2–3 mm around the bleeder with a maximum volume of 15 ml ; for the epinephrine plus pure alcohol group , we injected the same volume of 1:10000 epinephrine followed by 0.3–0.5 ml of alcohol ( 99.8% ) around the bleeder with maximal volume of 3 ml . |
| 10 | At that time , the inhibition of enzymes was a particular focus of interest as a mechanism of action for drugs , and so nitrogen mustards were tested for such properties , without very striking results . |
| 11 | It included $2,890 million for the Strategic Defence Initiative ( SDI ) programme ( $1,700 million less than originally requested by the Defence Department ) ; $2,350 million for the B-2 Stealth bomber project ; $688 million for the MX and Midgetman intercontinental ballistic missile programmes ( although no funds were authorized for MX rail deployment ) ; $1,840 million for the purchase of 52 Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles ; and $964 million for the development of a new generation of fighter aircraft . |
| 12 | As public education developed in the middle of the nineteenth century , and as public funds were allocated for this purpose , it was considered that central government should oversee what was taught in schools . |
| 13 | On March 6 pay bonuses were announced for all soldiers and an amnesty was declared for deserters and draft dodgers . |
| 14 | Because of some peroperative bile leakage , a subhepatic drain was positioned and antibiotics were given for five days . |
| 15 | Opposition parties were calling for fresh elections , and criticizing President Slobodan Milosevic for his handling of the military campaign . |
| 16 | A whole class of cars were created for this concept . |
| 17 | In either case , candidates were assessed for syntactic agreement and for semantic plausibility in the anaphor 's sentential context . |
| 18 | Before the study , which was always performed in the morning , all subjects were starved for eight hours , avoided all medicines known to affect the gastrointestinal tract for at least 12 hours , and refrained from smoking for at least 24 hours . |
| 19 | Dummy variables were created for categorical variables . |
| 20 | These ratings were collected for ongoing research in debiasing ( see for example Groeger and Chapman 1990 ) and they will not be described further in this thesis . |
| 21 | Separate ratings were made for each item . |
| 22 | The completion of the comprehensivization programme was arrested , and new opportunities were created for state-financed places at private schools . |
| 23 | He emphasised the consequent need for schools to ensure that adequate opportunities were provided for improving accomplishments in speaking and listening . |
| 24 | Barnes ( 1990 ) made a recent study of the role of day centres for disabled young people , in which few opportunities were offered for significant decision-making despite the operation of ostensibly progressive policies . |
| 25 | Four of these animals were lost for technical reasons and four because of intestinal obstruction ; the remainder ( n=39 ) were killed at 32 weeks . |
| 26 | The animals were treated for 28 days and the minipumps were changed every seventh day . |
| 27 | Animals were fasted for 15 hours before the operation . |
| 28 | The animals were fasted for 24 hours and then their abdomen was opened and the stomach exposed under light ether anaesthesia . |
| 29 | The same sequences were used for each task and video-tapes were made of each sequence . |
| 30 | Brisbane ( 1981 ) has suggested three modes of production for pottery in early Anglo-Saxon England ; vessels for domestic use were made on settlements ; specialised vessels were made for funerary use , both as a grave-good with inhumation burials and for containing cremated remains ; and a relatively small quantity of imported wares . |